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The Bathroom Scale that Tweets your Weight

If this won't make you stick yo your New Year's Resolution, we don't know what will: The Withings Wi-Fi Body Scale is now designed to Tweet your current weight to the Twitterverse. ...

And the Rest of Twitter's New Office

Just a moment ago, Taryn reported on her favourite element from the new Twitter Headquarters. We wanted to follow up with rest of their new office (they moved just around the corner from their old ...

"At" Symbol Marquee Light in the new Twitter Office!

We were loving this light fixture for the geeky-cool way it combines typography, rusted metal, marquee lights and our favorite keyboard symbol. Now we love it even more because we spotted it in Twit...

Roundup: Novelty Nerd Pillows

At first we had wanted to showcase the new social media icon pillows we found (that are seen above), but the more we thought about it, we decided it would be a great time to showcase, exactly how de...

Own the Twitter Nest: Twitter Co-founder House on Sale

Here's a bit of miscellaneous tech news: social networking Twitter co-founder Biz Stone has put his 800 square foot, 2-bedroom Berkeley hills Midcentury cottage up for sale for the (relatively) nice...

Check Out These Twitter and Facebook Mousepads!

Maybe you're a seasoned Twitter pro. Maybe you're a newbie with only a few tweets under your belt. Maybe you've been on Facebook since high school. Or maybe you're just jumping on and figuring it all ...

Death by Twitter: Laptops and Bathrooms Do Not Mix

Another candidate for the Darwin Awards: A teenage girl in Romainia was electrocuted and died as a result of Tweeting from the bathtub. A sad story, but a good reminder to stay safe when you're playin...

NY Times Tells Us How to Catch Up With Twitter

In a column borrowed from International Data Group's CIO.com, the NY Times gives us some Twitter Tips on how to catch up with a mountain of Tweets while you've been away......

Hyatt Hotel Concierge is the Latest to Start Tweeting

New technology always opens doors. But the Twitter-led, one-way, micro blogging phenomenon is opening up a lot more than doors. Think bottles of bubbly, the sunroof of a towncar and jars of the finest...

Can You Decode This Tweet?

Some tweets are semi-brilliant thought-provoking statements, like "Wondering if illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup." Some other tweets are, well... not. They're the kind of tweets ...

Twitter Gone Too Far: Toilet Tweets

So you're one of the first one of your friends to start tweeting with Twitter and you're trying every day to convince the others to hop on the bandwagon. Chances are, all you hear back from them is ho...

Tuesday Trivia: Why Texts Are Limited to 160 Characters

Happy Cinco de Mayo, everyone! It's convenient that the day we celebrate Mexico's victory over the French Army happens during that time of year when beautiful skies coincide with an empty afternoon an...

Twitter Magnets: Use Virtual Magnets to Compose Tweet

If you've finally caught up in the Twitter rage, then you must have started typing away on your cell phone or laptop, trying to come up with interesting tweets. I've read today that 60% of Twitter use...

Use Twitter to Keep Motivated Through Dirty Work

CNN news producer Peter Wilkinson and Latitude Group CEO Alex Hoye recently ran the London Marathon. It's a great feat to finish the 26-mile marathon, but possibly the coolest thing about their journe...

Strange Thought: Twitter as a Cookbook?

Guess what this is a recipe for: cvr3tom/s+p/3T wine@low7m; puree. Slice/oil2eggplant; 15m@400F/205C. Dip w egg/crumb&s+p. Broil+c parm. Srv on puree. What about this one? brwn t cumin&coriander/garli...

Everyone is Twittering...Even Your Cats

Taryn and Anthony recently jumped (gave) in and finally joined Twitter, maybe because they read that even household cats are twittering their comings and goings these days. Cat owner and programmer Ki...

Twistori Screen Saver for Mac

So, I buckled and joined Twitter this weekend. The personal jury of me, myself and I are still out on whether or not Twitter is an innovative social medium or a way for attention addicts to get their ...

Now We Know What Twitter is Good For: BakerTweet

We still haven't moved over to Twitter. To us, a Facebook addict, Twitter just seems useless when all of our friends on Facebook already see our status updates. We're sort of swayed to jump over in or...

Survey: Twitter Jobs
Would you tweet for work?

Man, it seems like everyone and their mom is tweeting these days -- congress tweets during the prez's non-state of the union address, jurors tweet in court, but according to our very scientific surve...

Survey: Twitter and Facebook Instead of Email?

For many people, at least the ones we know, updating Twitter and Facebook is a daily routine that is right up there with having a cup of coffee in the morning. It is so common that the words themselve...

Twitter Coming Soon To Your Coffee Table

No, not like this. Twitter's popularity has been skyrocketing recently. With your sister and your nephew and your mom all getting online and tweeting, you had to imagine that the micro blogging phenom...

Keep Up with the Inauguration Ceremonies from Anywhere

If you can't be in D.C. for the big day tomorrow—that ominous event that everyone's been talking about for years: the inauguration of Bush's successor, our 44th president—rest assured that...

Twitter Washing Machine Notification Hack

A great many of our friends use Twitter for the obvious social and entertaining reasons ("I just ate a burrito! tinyurl here for images"). But here's an actual practical use for Twitter we'd like to s...

DIY Kit Shows You What Life Would Be Like If House Plants Could Type

Here at Unplggd, we're all about talking in first person plural how technology can help you manage and enjoy a beautiful and welcoming home. And if you read the post about the creepy Plantbot that m...

Receipt Clock is Like Low-Tech Twitter

Twitter is great for attention whores. If you like everyone to know how you're feeling or what you're doing in an instant wherever they are. We can't really think of what might have been the pre-twitt...